Just for fun
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Burning Brakes
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From: Roseville MI
Just for fun
Take a trip down memory lane. If I get the hyperlink correct click and view old gas stations. Some neat old cars and one station offering "Corn alcohol at a 10% blend.
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
If it does not work my apologies, at least I tried.
Scott
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
If it does not work my apologies, at least I tried.
Scott
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Thanks for the link.Those photos bring back memories of the days when a service station was really a full service station.Today you are lucky to get a grunt, let alone a thank you from the lazy clerk collecting your money.
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That is some neat photos 
. I looked at the one with the 10% "Corn alcohol" blend, on the bottom left, dated 4/11/33..that's either some "OGs, or government men" standing there in those long coats....
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Burning Brakes
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From: west bloomfield michigan
Take a trip down memory lane. If I get the hyperlink correct click and view old gas stations. Some neat old cars and one station offering "Corn alcohol at a 10% blend.
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
If it does not work my apologies, at least I tried.
Scott
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
If it does not work my apologies, at least I tried.
Scott
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From: Sevierville TN
Takes me back to 1967-68 when I was in my last years of high school and had an after school job at a Sunoco station.
Yeah, I pumped gas, checked oil, cleaned windshields and checked air in tires whenever someone would stop for a fill up. If they only bought $5 of gas, they only got their windshield cleaned. If they only bought $1 worth, they just got the gas pumped.
I remember setting our pumps to 15 cents/gal once during a weekend.
The highlight of my time working there was when the local jewelry store owner would bring his red '67 Corvette 427 Tri-Power four speed convertible in for service and wash. My coworkers and I would almost come to blows deciding who would deliver it back to him!
Sonny
Yeah, I pumped gas, checked oil, cleaned windshields and checked air in tires whenever someone would stop for a fill up. If they only bought $5 of gas, they only got their windshield cleaned. If they only bought $1 worth, they just got the gas pumped.
I remember setting our pumps to 15 cents/gal once during a weekend.
The highlight of my time working there was when the local jewelry store owner would bring his red '67 Corvette 427 Tri-Power four speed convertible in for service and wash. My coworkers and I would almost come to blows deciding who would deliver it back to him!
Sonny
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From: Kelso Washington
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GREAT stuff there!! Back when servicing a car was a big deal.
I too remember The Bomber as a kid when it was still intact. The cockpit is off currently awaiting a restoration. It was special to me because my Dad was a waist gunner in one in Italy.
Sure are some very desirable cars in these pics!!
Thanks for linking!
I too remember The Bomber as a kid when it was still intact. The cockpit is off currently awaiting a restoration. It was special to me because my Dad was a waist gunner in one in Italy.
Sure are some very desirable cars in these pics!!
Thanks for linking!
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Thanks for sharing that - it does bring back some memories. 